Women Don’t Belong in Ground Combat

Today, two women Army officers will become the first female Rangers in the history of that storied special operations unit. The fact that they’re doing so is a testament to their unusual spirit and stamina. It is not, however, an argument for admitting them, or other women, into ground combat units.

Of course, that’s precisely how these women will be used as the Obama White House, feminists and others insist that the Pentagon abandon longstanding – and well-founded – policies that preclude such service.

The truth is that assigning women to Army and Marine Corps frontline war-fighting duties will not contribute to the readiness and performance of the combat arms. Even if a few can meet the required, rigorous physical standards, they inevitably introduce disruptive privacy issues and frequent sexual tensions and family strains that can only degrade our military.